Using different sub-palettes for an object

In this tutorial https://youtu.be/tuZZRSst4-8?t=10m22s, Mr. Granato shows how to use two different sub-palettes to make up a tree. However, each tile is 16X16.

My question is: is it possible to make my player and monsters use two sub-palettes, or is it just for background objects? Also, what if my player and monsters are using four 8X8 tiles? In other words, I'd like the head (using two 8X8 tiles) and body (using two 8X8 tiles) to have different sub-palettes.

Thank you!
 

dale_coop

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Yes. For the player and the monsters, you can use 2 different subpalettes as well (each 8x8 sprite), too.
 
Hmm... here http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=8172 and here http://www.dustmop.io/blog/2015/04/28/nes-graphics-part-1/ they say that 16X16 blocks cannot use more than 4 colors at a time.

I'm a bit confused now.

...and excited, just a few hours (I guess?) before launch!
 

dale_coop

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Staff member
This restriction is for tiles (backgrounds, solid elements, ...)
For sprites (player, monsters, ...), it's 8x8, 2 palettes max (4 colors each palette)

Here, my player has 2 palettes (the 2nd one is only for his gloves):


Player_object.png
 
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